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TRANSLATIONS
HERCULES' PRAYER CONCERNING AJAX, SON OF TELAMON
Isthmia vi, 62–73
"If ever, O Father Zeus, thou hast heard
My supplication with willing mind,
Now I beseech thee, with prophetic
Prayer, grant a bold son from Eribœa
To this man, my fated guest;
Rugged in body
As the hide of this wild beast
Which now surrounds me, which, first of all
My contests, I slew once in Nemea; and let his mind agree."
To him thus having spoken, Heaven sent
A great eagle, king of birds,
And sweet joy thrilled him inwardly.
THE FREEDOM OF GREECE
First at Artemisium
The children of the Athenians laid the shining
Foundation of freedom,
And at Salamis and Mycale,
And in Platæa, making it firm
As adamant.
FROM STRABO[1]
Apollo
Having risen he went
Over land and sea,
- ↑ [This and the following are fragments of Pindar found in ancient authors.]
